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www.pal-item.com People Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008 PaMum-temPageB5 Museum I Kids write activity book After 35 years, man deserves break from wife's punishment Wayne County lorlcal Museum mm Www Activity Book Continued from Page B4 Recording Studios and its parent company, Starr Piano. "They had Louis Armstrong record here and I thought that was pretty cool," Bryce said. "When I went down into the Starr Piano room I'm a piano player myself and I looked at how they recorded it, it was just amazing," Hannah said. Some of their work on the book took them out of the museum.

Bryce took photographs at many other area historical sites to include in a "Have you been there?" section of the book. One day, the siblings made a visit to Elkhorn Cemetery, which isn't far from their home, in search of the graves of two early Wayne County settlers George Holman and Richard Rue. "We actually found them," Hannah said. "It's the oldest cemetery in Wayne County and the site of the county's first school house," Bryce said. Bryce and Hannah are home-schooled but participate in a Logos Lab School "pull-out" one day a week.

It was during a spring 2007 session that something Logos teacher Fonda Wilds said inspired them to stait the activity book. They worked for months with their parents, Ken and Megumi Wedig, and Wayne County Historical Museum director Jim Harlan to bring their idea to fruition. "They took the suggestion to heart," Ken Wedig said. "They literally made the entire book." Ken Wedig said that he and his wife only helped Bryce and Hannah with small issues such as wording or showing them how to do a technical aspect of the layout. With a grant from the Wayne County Foundation, Bryce and Hannah were able to meet with Paust Printers and do all of their own proof work.

About 5,000 copies of the booklet have been Cieated other end of the line will believe you and will give you a referral to the help you so desperately need. Please do it now, before Rick really injures you, because it's only a matter of time until he does. Dear Abby: I'm a 21-year-old college student. My problem is, I have no credit My family was always adamant about my not getting a credit card because they were afraid I'd go overboard. However, I'm always careful with my money.

My worry now is that I won't be able to buy a home in the future because I won't be able to get a loan due to lack of credit How does a person go about getting credit? Creditless in The USA Dear Creditless: Do you have a bank account? If so, contact your bank and inquire about applying for a credit card. In the beginning, your credit limit will be low. However, as you pay your bills on time, your credit limit will rise. This is how a person establishes credit. If you have full-time employment, do not default on your bills and deposit money into your savings account on a regular basis, in time I am sure your bank will be willing to help you finance a home.

yourself, then do it for your wife. You're not the only partner in this relationship who is huddled in a corner freezing. So is she, even if it's by her own choice. Dear Abby: My husband, "Rick," sometimes hits me and calls me names. It hurts me because he's my life, and I love him to death.

When I try to tell friends about it, they don't believe me because Rick is a firefighter. They all say, "I don't think he's like that," and when I tell them he IS like that, they get mad at me. Rick and I haven't been married long. I love him with all my heart and don't want to leave him, but I just don't know what I should do. Please help me.

I am all alone in this, and I need some help. Wounded in West Virginia Dear Wounded: There is a name for people male and female who hit their spouses and call them names. It's ABUSER. I don't know whether Rick has no conscience or no control. But what you must do, for your own safety, is pick up the phone and call the National Domestic Violence Hotline.

The toll-free number is: (800) 799-7233. I promise you that once you begin talking, the person on the published to give to Wayne County students during field trips to the museum or to be purchased for $2 in the gift shop for those not visiting on a school field trip. Each child who completes the activities correctly and returns with the booklet to the museum for review is eligible for a prize, such as a patch. "It's been a lot of fun working with them on this," Harlan said, adding that he hopes other individuals and groups will seek out ways that they; too, can get involved in the museum. "We'd like to thank everyone involved in helping us make this," Bryce said.

Test answers: 1 2. 3. 4. Reporter Rachel E. Sheeley: (765) 973-4458 or DearAbby: I am a 61-year-old man who has been faithful in his 35-year marriage.

But I am very unhappy because I am continually hounded by my wife about previous mistakes I have committed. The incidents involved alcohol and smok ing, and occurred many years ago. She has never forgiven me and brings up the subject frequently. DearAbby AbigaiVan Buren My wife has withdrawn sex from me for 20 years because of her jealousy about my love for my mother. (Mom died in 1994.) I am so alone, but my wife will not seek counseling.

If someone would just hug me. I feel like I'm huddled in a corner and Freezing To Death in Kansas Dear Freezing To Death: A sentence should fit the crime, and after 35 years you have been punished enough. Because your wife refuses to seek counseling to heal this fractured marriage doesn't mean that you shouldn't talk to a counselor. It's something you should have done years ago. If you are reluctant to do it for Gregg D.

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